DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING REPRESENTATIONS OF ENTITIES THROUGH USE OF PRIVACY INDICATORS

• US 20150269384A1
• Filed: 03/18/2014
• Published: 09/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Holman, Pablos, Hyde, Roderick A., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,799,036 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/16 Program or content traceability, e.g. by watermarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2137 Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring a block of encrypted data that corresponds to an image that has been encrypted through use of a unique device code associated with an image capture device configured to capture the image that includes a representation of a feature of an entity, obtaining a privacy metadata that corresponds to a detection of a privacy beacon in the image, said at least one image captured by the image capture device, said privacy beacon associated with the entity, and determining, at least partly based on the obtained privacy metadata, and partly based on a calculation related to the block of encrypted data that corresponds to the whether to allow one or more processes related to the encrypted data block. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

Claims

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158. A device, comprising:

an active indicator generator broadcasting of a privacy indicator that indicates a presence of term data that regards an entity module;

an indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining module; and

a term data that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity transmission facilitating module.

159. The device of claim 158, wherein said active indicator generator broadcasting of a privacy indicator that indicates a presence of term data that regards an entity module comprises:

an active indicator generation component broadcasting of a privacy indicator that indicates the presence of term data that regards the entity module.

165. The device of claim 158, wherein said active indicator generator broadcasting of a privacy indicator that indicates a presence of term data that regards an entity module comprises:

an active indicator generator transmitting of the privacy indicator module, wherein the privacy indicator indicates the presence of term data that regards the entity.

168. The device of claim 158, wherein said active indicator generator broadcasting of a privacy indicator that indicates a presence of term data that regards an entity module comprises:

an active indicator generator broadcasting of the privacy indicator that is a detectable signal that indicates the presence of term data that regards the entity module.

169. The device of claim 168, wherein said active indicator generator broadcasting of a privacy indicator that is a detectable signal that indicates a presence of term data that regards an entity module comprises:

an active indicator generator broadcasting of the privacy indicator that is an optically-detectable signal that indicates the presence of term data that regards the entity module.

173. The device of claim 168, wherein said active indicator generator broadcasting of a privacy indicator that is a detectable signal that indicates a presence of term data that regards an entity module comprises:

an active indicator generator broadcasting of the privacy indicator that is a detectable signal in a particular pattern that indicates the presence of term data that regards the entity module.

175. The device of claim 158, wherein said active indicator generator broadcasting of a privacy indicator that indicates a presence of term data that regards an entity module comprises:

an active indicator generator emitting of a signal that indicates the presence of term data that regards the entity module.

178. The device of claim 175, wherein said active indicator generator emitting of a signal that indicates a presence of term data that regards an entity module comprises:

an active indicator generator emitting of an electromagnetic wave that indicates the presence of term data that regards the entity module, said emitting of the electromagnetic wave in response to detection of an electromagnetic trigger wave.

179. The device of claim 178, wherein said active indicator generator emitting of an electromagnetic wave that indicates a presence of term data that regards an entity module comprises:

an active indicator generator emitting of an electromagnetic wave that indicates the presence of term data that regards the entity module, said emitting of the electromagnetic wave in response to detection of an electromagnetic trigger wave associated with a particular type of device.

180. The device of claim 179, wherein said active indicator generator emitting of an electromagnetic wave that indicates a presence of term data that regards an entity module comprises:

an active indicator generator emitting of an electromagnetic wave that indicates the presence of term data that regards the entity module, said emitting of the electromagnetic wave in response to detection of an electromagnetic trigger wave associated with an image capture device entity.

183. The device of claim 158, wherein said active indicator generator broadcasting of a privacy indicator that indicates a presence of term data that regards an entity module comprises:

an active indicator generator component broadcasting of the privacy indicator that indicates the presence of term data that regards the entity module.

184. The device of claim 183, wherein said active indicator generator component broadcasting of a privacy indicator that indicates a presence of term data that regards an entity module comprises:

an active indicator generator device component broadcasting of the privacy indicator that indicates the presence of term data that regards the entity module.

185. The device of claim 184, wherein said active indicator generator device component broadcasting of a privacy indicator that indicates a presence of term data that regards an entity module comprises:

an active indicator generator passive device component broadcasting of the privacy indicator that indicates the presence of term data that regards the entity module.

186. The device of claim 158, wherein said active indicator generator broadcasting of a privacy indicator that indicates a presence of term data that regards an entity module comprises:

an active indicator generator broadcasting of the privacy indicator that indicates the presence of term data that specifies one or more conditions that regard use of a depiction of the entity in an image module.

193. The device of claim 158, wherein said indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining module comprises:

a privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity detecting module.

194. The device of claim 193, wherein said privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity detecting module comprises:

a privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity detecting in the entity image module.

195. The device of claim 158, wherein said indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining module comprises:

a notification of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity receiving module.

196. The device of claim 195, wherein said notification of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity receiving module comprises:

a notification of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity and acquisition of the term data by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity receiving module.

197. The device of claim 196, wherein said notification of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity and acquisition of the term data by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity receiving module comprises:

a notification of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity and acquisition of the term data by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity receiving from a term data management server module.

201. The device of claim 158, wherein said indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining module comprises:

a capture indication of device capture of the entity image obtaining module; and

a detection indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity obtaining module.

202. The device of claim 201, wherein said capture indication of device capture of the entity image obtaining module comprises:

a capture indication of device capture of the entity image detecting module.

204. The device of claim 201, wherein said detection indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity obtaining module comprises:

a privacy indicator detected query transmitting to the device that captured the entity image module, wherein the query regards whether the privacy indicator was detected; and

a detection indication of the detection of the privacy indicator receiving from the queried device module.

205. The device of claim 158, wherein said indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining module comprises:

an indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by an image capture device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining module.

206. The device of claim 205, wherein said indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by an image capture device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining module comprises:

an indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a wearable computing device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining module.

207. The device of claim 206, wherein said indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a wearable computing device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining module comprises:

an indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a wearable computing device that surreptitiously captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining module.

210. The device of claim 158, wherein said indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining module comprises:

an indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining from the active indicator generator module.

211. The device of claim 158, wherein said indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining module comprises:

an indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image in violation of one or more acquired device restrictions obtaining module.

212. The device of claim 211, wherein said indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image in violation of one or more acquired device restrictions obtaining module comprises:

an indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image in violation of a restriction on device capture at a particular location obtaining module.

217. The device of claim 158, wherein said indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining module comprises:

an indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity, said indication broadcast by the device that captured the entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining module.

218. The device of claim 158, wherein said indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining module comprises:

a device data receiving from the device module; and

an indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity receiving from the device for which device data was received module.

219. The device of claim 218, wherein said device data receiving from the device module comprises:

a device data that indicates that the device is in a particular area and that the device is configured to capture images receiving from the device module.

221. The device of claim 158, wherein said term data that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity transmission facilitating module comprises:

a term data that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity transmitting module.

222. The device of claim 158, wherein said term data that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity transmission facilitating module comprises:

instructions for transmission of term data that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity providing to a term transmission station module.

223. The device of claim 222, wherein said instructions for transmission of term data that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity providing to a term transmission station module comprises:

instructions for transmission of term data that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity providing to a term transmission station configured to manage term data module.

226. The device of claim 158, wherein said term data that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity transmission facilitating module comprises:

a term data that specifies one or more conditions that specify a potential liability for use of the entity image that depicts the at least the portion of the entity transmission facilitating module.

227. The device of claim 226, wherein said term data that specifies one or more conditions that specify a potential liability for use of the entity image that depicts the at least the portion of the entity transmission facilitating module comprises:

a term data that specifies one or more conditions that specify a potential monetary liability for use of the entity image that depicts the at least the portion of the entity transmission facilitating module.

230. The device of claim 158, wherein said term data that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity transmission facilitating module comprises:

a term data that includes a contract that governs use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity transmission facilitating module.

231. The device of claim 230, wherein said term data that includes a contract that governs use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity transmission facilitating module comprises:

a term data that includes a contract that governs use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity and that is binding upon receipt transmission facilitating module.

232. The device of claim 158, wherein said term data that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity transmission facilitating module comprises:

a term data that specifies one or more conditions that expire upon a particular stipulation and that govern use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity transmission facilitating module.

234. The device of claim 232, wherein said term data that specifies one or more conditions that expire upon a particular stipulation and that govern use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity transmission facilitating module comprises:

a term data that specifies one or more conditions that expire after the device travels a particular distance and that govern use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity transmission facilitating module.

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238. A device comprising:

an integrated circuit configured to purpose itself as an active indicator generator broadcasting of a privacy indicator that indicates a presence of term data that regards an entity module at a first time;

the integrated circuit configured to purpose itself as an indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining module at a second time; and

the integrated circuit configured to purpose itself as a term data that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity transmission facilitating module at a third time.

239. A device, comprising:

one or more elements of programmable hardware programmed to function as an active indicator generator broadcasting of a privacy indicator that indicates a presence of term data that regards an entity module;

the one or more elements of programmable hardware programmed to function as an indication of detection of the privacy indicator that is associated with the entity by a device that captured an entity image that depicts at least one feature of the entity obtaining module; and

the one or more elements of programmable hardware programmed to function as a term data that specifies one or more conditions that govern use of the entity image that depicts at least a portion of the entity transmission facilitating module.